Generic Topic

Generic topics are unspecialized single-subject articles. The generic topic provides the base for other specialized topic types (e.g. task, concept), and also lets you author content that does not belong in existing specialized types.

You can find more information about the generic topic type at: http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/v1.1/OS/archspec/generictopics.html.

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Concept
Task
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